Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie says the silent majority of Queenslanders support new laws giving him the power to keep some sex offenders indefinitely behind bars.

Former Supreme Court justice Richard Chesterman is the latest high-profile legal figure to criticise the legislation.

Mr Chesterman used an opinion piece in the Courier Mail newspaper to reject inferences that judges have been too "soft".

In the article, Mr Chesterman describes the new Act that allows the Attorney-General to bypass courts and keep some sex offenders indefinitely behind bars as bad policy and bad law that should be repealed.

Mr Chesterman says it is an unjustified attack on the Supreme Court.

But speaking on Fairfax radio Mr Bleijie has stopped short of criticising the courts.

"People, if they believe the laws are too soft, should in fact blame essentially legislators - we're the ones that make the laws," he said.

"Judges interpret the laws, judges apply the laws, but legislators, politicians, make the laws.

"I believe governments of the past have been to soft, legislators have been too soft."

Mr Bleijie says it is about protecting the community.

"We believe that we're doing what's right for Queensland and Queenslanders and our children of this state," he said.

"I respect everyone's views - very much so Richard Chesterman's.

"I've got a lot of respect for Richard Chesterman and the judges in this state."